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Group Picture with international LGBTIQ* activists and ILGA after a meeting with the Independent Expert at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in June 2019

"We can all recognize ourselves in those stories"

The 41st UN Human Rights Council will decide on the renewal of the mandate of the UN Independent Expert on the Protection against Violence and Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI). Caroline Ausserer spoke with the current mandate holder, Victor Madrigal-Borloz.

By Caroline Ausserer

Maxim Anmeghichean: "The principles have put engagement with the UN on a totally different footing"

Ten years after the creation of the Yogyakarta Principles, “Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity”, Caroline Ausserer speaks with Maxim Anmeghichean, one of the experts that elaborated them.

By Caroline Ausserer